The newly opened New York Mart on Mott Street is like the Eataly of Chinatown. Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration. But it's a crazily impressive food destination. Inside this mega-supermarket, there's a huge array of Chinese and Asian goods, along with American products—along with butchers and fish and live frogs, a bakery and steam tables and a rotisserie, a huge produce selection and a bigger frozen section. More

Brooklyn Fare, the teeny but well-stocked Boerum Hill market with its nextdoor Michelin-two-star-rated chef's table, is tearing down some walls to open a much bigger space. A real grocery store! You can see the construction happening behind the deli section. Wider aisles and a bigger selection of products. It'll be nearly twice the size of the current space, said one cashier this morning. More

The Butcher Block in Sunnyside, right off the 7 train, is equal parts Queens grocery store and British-Irish importer—and it's full of all sorts of Irish foods for your St. Paddy's Day needs. Take a walk through in the slideshow... More

Best Yet Market in North Astoria. It's like going on a vacation in a grocery store. [Photographs and video: Adam Kuban] Best Yet Market 19-30 37th Street, Astoria NY 11105 (near 19th Avenue; map); 718-721-7500; bestyetmarket.com; @bestyetmarket The Skinny:... More

"Beautiful bellies, bones for soup, ears and intestines, you name it, it's there." Back in July I wrote: "Right now... I believe The Great Wall is the best Chinese supermarket in the state, but rival chain Asian Food Center is... More

"The Great Wall Supermarket is...in my opinion, the best Chinese market in the state of New Jersey." Picture Saturday afternoon. You're in a huge parking lot hoping to find a space that's less than a fifteen-minute walk from the front... More

Per the blog Brooklyn the Borough: "At least one investor in the area, however, has bowed out. Whole Foods, who had planned to open a 68,000-square-foot store at Third Avenue and 3rd Street, tells Brooklyn the Borough, 'at this juncture... More

"No matter how basic—even if it’s just an apple, a cabbage, an onion, or a potato—you can be confident that it will be better here than anywhere else." If you had asked me, I would have told you that health... More

Photograph from bygenejackson on Flickr The New York Times City Room blog reports that two Costco locations—the one in Astoria, Queens and the other in Sunset Park, Brooklyn—will start accepting food stamps on a trial basis next month. "If... More

Editor's note: It's time for another dispatch from Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who checks in now and again about the various one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. Before I reached the top step of... More